引ひき合あう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

pay; be profitable

Used when a business deal, effort, or investment yields enough return to be worthwhile. Often appears in negative or conditional expressions like 引き合わない (it doesn't pay).

• この仕し事ごとは手て間まがかかりすぎて引ひき合あわない。

  This job takes too much effort and doesn't pay.

• 広こう告こく費ひをかけたが、売うり上あげが伸のびず引ひき合あわなかった。

  We spent money on advertising, but sales didn't increase and it wasn't profitable.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

pull against each other

Literal or figurative mutual pulling; two or more parties pulling in opposite directions. Less common than the financial sense.

• 綱つな引ひきで両りょうチームが強つよく引ひき合あった。

  Both teams pulled hard against each other in the tug-of-war.